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Definitions

• This invention relates to 4-benzoyl isoxazole derivatives, compositions containing them and their use as herbicides.
• US patent No 4,173,650 American Cyanamid Co
• a 4-­benzoyl-isoxazole of formula I which is used as an intermediate to compounds having anti-inflammatory activity.
• D Grothaus J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1936 58 1334) describes the preparation of 5-amino-4-benzoylisoxazole (II) Neither of the above publications claim any use of the compounds as herbicides.
• the present invention relates to 4-benzoyl isoxazoles derivatives of general formula III wherein R1 represents: a straight- or branched- chain alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group containing up to 6 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms ; or a cycloalkyl group containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more R3 groups or one or more halogen atoms or an ester group, CO2R31 ; or a cycloalkenyl group containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more R3 groups or one or more halogen atoms or an ester group, CO2R31; or an aryl or aralkyl (e.g.
• benzyl) group preferably of the formula (R2) q -phenyl-[-CR3R4-] p - (aryl contains 6 to 10 carbon atoms; aralkyl generally contains 7 to 11 carbon atoms); or a group, CO2R3 ; or an aldehyde or acyl group, COR3 ; or a cyano group ; or a nitro group ; or an amino group, NR3R4 ; or a halogen atom (F,Cl,Br,I) ; and R2 represents: a nitro group ; or a cyano group ; or a halogen atom (F,Cl,Br,I) ; or a group R5 ; or a sulphenyl, sulphinyl or sulphonyl group S(O) m R5 ; or a sulphamoyl group SO2NR3R4 ; or a group CO2R3 ; or
• n or q is an integer from 2 to 5
• the substituents R2 may be the same or different, and also the substituents R2, R3 and R4 may be the same or different.
• the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 contribute to optical and/or stereosomerism. All such forms are embraced by the present invention.
• the compound wherein R1 is methyl and (R2) n is 4-fluoro is not considered per se as part of the invention, nor is the compound wherein R1 is NH2 and (R2) n is 4-bromo, but compositions containing them and their uses as herbicides are considered as a part of the invention.
• agriculturally acceptable salts salts the cations or anions of which are known and accepted in the art for the formation of salts for agricultural or horticultural use.
• the salts are water-soluble.
• Suitable salts with bases include alkali metal (eg. sodium and potassium), alkaline earth metal (eg. calcium and magnesium), ammonium and amine (eg. diethanolamine, triethanolamine, octylamine, morpholine and dioctylmethylamine) salts.
• Suitable acid addition salts of the compounds of general formula III which may be formed when the compounds incorporate an amino radical, include salts with inorganic acids, for example hydrochlorides, sulphates, phosphates and nitrates and salts with organic acids, for example acetic acid. It is to be understood that where reference is made in the present specification to the compounds of general formula III, such reference is intended to include also the salts with agriculturally acceptable acids or bases of compounds of general formula III where appropriate.
• R1 is alkyl or cycloalkyl and n is 2 or 3.
• R1 is alkyl optionally substituted by halogen ; or cycloalkyl optionally substituted by alkyl or halogen, and/or, R2 is halogen ; nitro ; R5 ; S(O) m R5 ; OR5 ; alkyl substituted by OR5 ; or COOR31 ; and/or R5 is alkyl (with 1 to 3 carbon atoms) optionally substituted by fluorine or chlorine
• Compounds of formula III which are of interest as herbicides include the following:
• Triethylamine (1.9g) was added to a mixture of 2-ethoxymethylene-1-­(2-nitrophenyl)-butan-1,3-dione (4.9g) and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (1.3g) in acetonitrile (100ml) with stirring. The mixture was stirred for 2h and left to stand overnight. The mixture was evaporated almost to dryness and water (100ml) was added. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2 x 75ml) dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness to give 4-(2-nitrobenzoyl)-5-methylisoxazole (2.4g) as a brown solid, mp 104.5-105.5°C. By proceeding in a similar manner the compounds described in the following table were prepared:
• 1-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-dione as a crude black gum, starting from 1-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 3-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a white solid, by trituration with ether, mp 146-471°C starting from 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan- 1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethylphenyl)- propan-1,3-dione as an orange solid, mp 103-104°C, starting from 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-­1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pentan-1,3-­dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-­pentan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(4-Chloro-2-nitrophenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-dione as a crude black gum, starting from 1-(4-chloro-2-nitrophenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(2,3-Dichloro-4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-2-ethoxymethylene-4-­methylpentan-1,3-dione as a crude black gum, starting from 1-(2,3-dichloro-4-­methyl-sulphonylphenyl)-4-methylpentan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(2-Chloro-4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-­dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 1-(2-chloro-4-­methylsulphonylphenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(2,4- Bis -trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-dione as a crude red gum, starting from 1-(2,4- bis -trifluoromethylphenyl)-butan-1,3-­dione.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenepropan- 1,3-­dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 3-cyclopropyl-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-­propan-1,3-dione.
• 1-(2-Chloro-4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-2-ethoxymethylenebutan-1,3-­dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 1-(2-chloro-4-­methylsulphonylphenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(4-fluoro-2-nitrophenyl)-propan-­1,3-dione as a crude black oil, starting from 3-cyclopropyl-1-(4-fluoro-2-nitro­phenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(2-nitro-4-­pentafluoroethylphenyl)propan 1,3-dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 3-­cyclopropyl-1-(2-nitro-4-pentafluoroethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a crude orange semi-solid, starting from 3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a crude brown solid, starting from 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(4-methylsulphonyl-2-­trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a crude brown solid, starting from 3-cyclopropyl-1-(4-methylsulphonyl-2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan- 1,3-­dione.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(4-methylsulphonyl-2-­nitrophenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a crude red oil, starting from 3-cyclopropyl-1-­(4-methyl-sulphonyl-2-nitrophenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-1-(3-methoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-4-­methylsulphonylphenyl)-butan-1,3-dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 1-­(3-methoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-4-methylsulphonylphenyl)-butan-1,3-dione.
• 2-Ethoxymethylene-3-(2-methylcyclopropyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-propan-1,3-dione as a crude red oil, starting from 3-(2-­methyl-cyclopropyl)-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propan- 1,3-dione.
• Ethyl 2,2-dimethyl-3,5-dioxo-4-ethoxymethylene-5-(2-nitro-4-­trifluoro-methylphenyl)-pentanoate as a crude orange oil, starting from ethyl 2,2-dimethyl-3,5-dioxo-5-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pentanoate.
• 3-Cyclopropyl-2-ethoxymethylene-1-(2,3,4-trichlorophenyl)-propan-­1,3-dione as a crude brown oil, starting from 3-cyclopropyl-1-(2,3,4-­trichlorophenyl)-propan-1,3-dione.
• the cooled reaction mixture was treated with hydrochloric acid (2M, 100ml) with stirring and the two layers were separated.
• the organic phase was extracted with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (2M, 2 x 50ml) and water (4 x 50ml).
• the combined aqueous layers were acidified to pH 1 and extracted with ether (2 x 100ml).
• the combined organic layers were washed with water (50ml), dried (anhydrous sodium sulphate) and filtered.
• the filtrate was evaporated to dryness to give t-butyl 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate (62.2g) as a crude red oil which was not further purified.
• t-butyl 4methyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxopentanoate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 4-methyl-3-oxopentanoate.
• t-butyl 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxopentanoate as a crude orange oil starting from t-butyl 3-oxopentanoate.
• t-butyl 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxohexanoate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxohexanoate.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-­oxopropionate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-­oxopropionate.
• t-butyl 4,4-dimethyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-­oxopentanoate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 4,4-dimethyl-3-­oxopentanoate.
• t-butyl 2-(2-nitro-4-fluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxo-4-phenylbutanoate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxo-4-phenylbutanoate.
• t-butyl 2-(2-nitro-4-pentafluoroethylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2-nitro-4-pentafluoro­ethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopentyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-­oxopropionate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopentyl-3-­oxopropionate.
• t-butyl 2-(4-cyano-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude brown gummy solid, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-cyano-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-2-(2-nitro-4-pentafluoroethylbenzoyl)-3-oxo­propionate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate and 2-nitro-4-pentafluoroethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 3-cyclobutyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-­oxopropionate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclobutyl-3-­oxopropionate.
• t-butyl 3-(1-methylcyclopropyl)-2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-­3-oxopropionate as a crude orange oil, starting from t-butyl 3-(1-methyl­cyclopropyl)-3-oxopropionate.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo-2-(2,3,4-trichlorobenzoyl)-propionate as a crude brown solid, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxopropionate, and 2,3,4-trichlorobenzoyl chloride.
• the combined organic layers were extracted into aqueous sodium hydroxide (2M, 2 x 50ml) and water (3 x 50ml).
• the combined aqueous extracts were acidified to pH 1 and extracted with ether (2 x 75ml).
• the combined organic extracts were washed with water, dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered.
• the flltrate was evaporated to dryness to give t-butyl 2-(2,4-dinitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate (15.4g) as an orange gum which was not further purified.
• t-butyl 2-(4-methylsulphonyl-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude orange gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-methylsulphonyl-­2-nitro-benzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(4-chloro-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude orange gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-chloro-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride and replacing the dry ether by acetonitrile.
• t-butyl 2-(2,3-dichloro-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude clear gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2,3-dichloro-4-­ methyl-sulphonylbenzoyl chloride and replacing the dry ether by dichloromethane.
• t-butyl 2-(4-methyl-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-methyl-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate as a crude black gum starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate and 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl]-3-oxobutanoate as a crude yellow gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-(1,1-­dimethylethyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude dark yellow oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2-chloro-4-­trifluoro-methylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 3-oxo-2-(2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-butanoate as a crude yellow oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(2,4- bis -trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude yellow oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2,4-bis-trifluoromethyl­benzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(2-chloro-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl)-3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate as a crude yellow oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate and 2-chloro-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl chloride and replacihg the dry ether by dichloromethane.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo-2-(2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-propionate as a crude orange gum, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxopropionate and 2-­trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-[2,3-dichloro-4-(methylthio)-benzoyl]-3-oxobutanoate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2,3-dichloro-4-­(methyl-thio)-benzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude yellow gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-chloro-2-­trifluoro-methylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate as a crude yellow solid starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo­propionate and 4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(2-chloro-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl)-4-methyl-3-­oxopentanoate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 4-methyl-3-­oxopentanoate and 2-chloro-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl chloride, and replacing the dry ether by dichloro-methane.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-2-(4-fluoro-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxopropionate as a crude brown oil starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxopropionate and 4-­fluoro-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(4-fluoro-2-nitrobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude brown oil, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 4-fluoro-2-nitrobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(2-chloro-3-ethoxy-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl)-3-­oxobutanoate as a crude orange oil starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 2-­chloro-3-ethoxy-4-methylsulphonylbenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 2-(3-cyanobenzoyl)-3-oxobutanoate as a crude orange gum, starting from t-butyl 3-oxobutanoate and 3-cyanobenzoyl chloride.
• t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-2-(4-methylsulphonyl-2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-­3-oxopropionate as a crude red oil, starting from t-butyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-oxo propionate and 4-methylsulphonyl-2-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride and replacing the dry ether by dichloromethane.
• Hydrogen peroxide (30%, 12.5ml) was added dropwise with stirring to a cooled solution of 3-methoxycarbonyl-1-methyl-4-(methylthio)-benzoic acid (4.2g) in a mixture of acetic anhydride (25ml) and acetic acid (10ml) whilst maintaining the temperature below 5°C.
• the mixture was stirred at 0°C for 20 min and allowed to warm to room temperature.
• the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1/2h and heated at 65°C for 2h.
• the cooled solution was diluted with water (50ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 50ml).
• the combined extracts were washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (50ml), aqueous ferrous sulphate solution (3 x 50ml) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (2 x 50ml).
• the organic layer was extracted into aqueous sodium carbonate solution (1M, 3 x 50ml).
• the combined aqueous extracts were acidified to pH1 and extracted with ether (3 x 50ml).
• the combined organic extracts were washed with water (2 x 50ml), dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered.
• Hydrogen peroxide (30%, 18ml) was added dropwise with stirring to a solution of methyl 3-cyano-2-methyl-6-(methylthio)-benzoate (10.0g) in ethanol (100ml) in an atmosphere of nitrogen.
• a solution of sodium hydroxide (0.43g) in water (2ml) was added dropwise and the resultant rapid exotherm was controlled by ice cooling. After the exotherm had ceased the mixture was stirred and heated at 65°C for 1/2 h. The orange solution was poured into a mixture of ice and water (400ml) and it was extracted with ether (3 x 100ml).
• the isoxazole derivatives are normally used in the form of herbicidal compositions (i.e. in association with compatible diluents or carriers and/or surface active agents suitable for use in herbicidal compositions), for example as hereinafter described, and those compositions are also part of the invention.
• the compounds of general formula (III) show herbicidal activity against dicotyledonous (ie. broad-leafed) and monocotyledonous (e.g. grass) weeds by pre- and/or, post-emergence application.
• pre-emergence application is meant application to the soil in which the weed seeds or seedlings are present before emergence of the weeds above the surface of the soil.
• the compounds of general formula (III) may be used to control the growth of broad-leafed weeds, for example, Aethusa cynapium, Abutilon theophrasti, Amaranthus retraflexus, Amsinckia intermedia, Anagallis arvensis , Anthemis arvensis , Atriplex patula , Bidens pilosa , Brassica nigra , Capsella bursa-pastoris , Chenopodium album , Chrysanthemum segetum , Cirsium arvense , Datura stramonium , Desmodium tortuosum , Emex australia , Euphorbia helioscopia , Fumaria officinalis , Galeopsis tetrahit , Galium aparine , Geranium dissectum , Ipom
• Polygonum lapathifolium Polygonum aviculare , Polygonum convolvulus and Polygonum persicaria ), Portulaca oleracea , Raphanus raphanistrum , Rotala indica , Rumex obtusifolius , Saponaria vaccaria , Scandix pecten-veneris , Senecio vulgaris , Sesbania florida , Sida spinosa , Silene alba , Sinapis arvensis , Solanum nigrum , Sonchus arvensis , Spergula arvensis , Stellaria media , Thlaspi arvense , Tribulus terrestria , Urtica urens , Veronica hederifolia , Veronica persica , Viola arvensis and Xanthium strumarium ,and grass weeds, for example, Alopecurus myosuroides , Apera spic
• the amounts of compounds of general formula (III) applied vary with the nature of the weeds, the compositions used, the time of application, the climatic and edaphic conditions and (when used to control the growth of weeds in crop-growing areas), the nature of the crops.
• the rate of application should be sufficient to control the growth of weeds without causing substantial permanent damage to the crop.
• application rates between 0.01 kg and 20 kg of active material per hectare give good results. However, it is to be understood that higher or lower application rates may be used, depending upon the particular problem of weed control encountered.
• the compounds of general formula (III) may be used to control selectively the growth of weeds, for example to control the growth of those species hereinbefore mentioned, by pre- or post-emergence application in a directional or non-directional fashion, e.g. by directional or non-directional spraying, to a locus of weed infestation which is an area used, or to be used, for growing crops, for example cereals, e.g. wheat, barley, oats, maize and rice, soya beans, field and dwarf beans, peas, lucerne, cotton, peanuts, flax, onions, carrots, cabbage, oilseed rape, sunflower, sugar beet, and permanent or sown grassland before or after sowing of the crop or before or after emergence of the crop.
• cereals e.g. wheat, barley, oats, maize and rice, soya beans, field and dwarf beans, peas, lucerne, cotton, peanuts, flax, onions, carrots, cabbage, oilseed rape
• weeds at a locus of weed infestation which is an area used, or to be used, for growing of crops, e.g. the crops hereinbefore mentioned
• application rates between 0.01 kg and 8.0 kg, and preferably between 0.01 kg and 4.0 kg, of active material per hectare are particularly suitable.
• the compounds of general formula (III) may also be used to control the growth of weeds, especially those indicated above, by pre- or post-emergence application in established orchards and other tree-growing areas, for example forests, woods and parks, and plantations e.g.sugar cane, oil palm and rubber plantations. For this purpose they may be applied in a directional or non-­directional fashion (e.g.
• the compounds of general formula (III) may also be used to control the growth of weeds, especially those indicated above, at loci which are not crop-­growing areas but in which the control of weeds is nevertheless desirable.
• non-crop-growing areas include airfields, industrial sites, railways, roadside verges, the verges of rivers, irrigation and other waterways, scrublands and fallow or uncultivated land, in particular where it is desired to control the growth of weeds in order to reduce fire risks.
• the active compounds When used for such purposes in which a total herbicidal effect is frequently desired, the active compounds are normally applied at dosage rates higher than those used in crop-­growing areas as hereinbefore described. The precise dosage will depend upon the nature of the vegetation treated and the effect sought.
• Pre- or post-­emergence application, and preferably pre-emergence application, in a directional or non-directional fashion (e.g. by directional or non-directional spraying) at application rates between 1.0 kg and 20.0 kg, and preferably between 5.0 and 10.0 kg, of active material per hectare are particularly suitable for this purpose.
• the compounds of general formula (III) may be incorporated into the soil in which the weeds are expected to emerge.
• the compounds of general formula (III) when used to control the growth of weeds by post-emergence application, i.e. by application to the aerial or exposed portions of emerged weeds, the compounds of general formula (III) will also normally come into contact with the soil and may also then exercise a pre-­emergence control on later-germinating weeds in the soil. Where especially prolonged weed control is required, the application of the compounds of general formula (III) may be repeated if required.
• compositions suitable for herbicidal use comprising one or more of the isoxazole derivatives of general formula (III) in association with, and preferably homogeneously dispersed in, one or more compatible herbicidally-acceptable diluents or carriers and/or surface active agents [i.e. diluents or carriers and/or surface active agents of the type generally accepted in the art as being suitable for use in herbicidal compositions and which are compatible with compounds of general formula (III)].
• the term "homogeneously dispersed” is used to include compositions in which the compounds of general formula (III) are dissolved in other components.
• herbicidal compositions is used in a broad sense to include not only compositions which are ready for use as herbicides but also concentrates which must be diluted before use.
• the compositions contain from 0.05 to 90% by weight of one or more compounds of general formula (III).
• the herbicidal compositions may contain both a diluent or carrier and surface-active (e.g. wetting, dispersing, or emulsifying) agent.
• Surface-active agents which may be present in herbicidal compositions of the present invention may be of the ionic or non-ionic types, for example sulphoricinoleates, quaternary ammonium derivatives, products based on condensates of ethylene oxide with alkyl and polyaryl phenols, e.g.
• the herbicidal compositions according to the present invention may comprise up to 10%, e.g.
• herbicidal compositions according to the present invention may comprise higher proportions of surface-active agent, for example up to 15% in liquid emulsifiable suspension concentrates and up to 25% in liquid water soluble concentrates.
• suitable solid diluents or carriers are aluminium silicate, talc, calcined magnesia, kieselguhr, tricalcium phosphate, powdered cork, adsorbent carbon black and clays such as kaolin and betonite.
• the solid compositions are preferably prepared by grinding the compounds of general formula (III) with solid diluents or by impregnating the solid diluents or carriers with solutions of the compounds of general formula (III) in volatile solvents, evaporating the solvents and, if necessary, grinding the products so as to obtain powders.
• Granular formulations may be prepared by absorbing the compounds of general formula (III) (dissolved in suitable solvents, which may, if desired, be volatile) onto the solid diluents or carriers in granular form and, if desired, evaporating the solvents, or by granulating compositions in powder form obtained as described above.
• Solid herbicidal compositions may contain wetting or dispersing agents (for example of the types described above), which may also, when solid, serve as diluents or carriers.
• Liquid compositions according to the invention may take the form of aqueous, organic or aqueous-organic solutions, suspensions and emulsions which may incorporate a surface-active agent.
• Suitable liquid diluents for incorporation in the liquid compositions include water, glycols, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, acetophenone, cyclohexanone, isophorone, toluene, xylene, mineral, animal and vegetable oils and light aromatic and naphthenic fractions of petroleum (and mixtures of these diluents).
• Surface-active agents which may be present in the liquid compositions, may be ionic or non-ionic (for example of the types described above) and may, when liquid, also serve as diluents or carriers.
• Powders, dispersible granules and liquid compositions in the form of concentrates may be diluted with water or other suitable diluents, for example mineral or vegetable oils, particularly in the case of liquid concentrates in which the diluent or carrier is an oil, to give compositions ready for use.
• suitable diluents for example mineral or vegetable oils, particularly in the case of liquid concentrates in which the diluent or carrier is an oil
• liquid compositions of the compound of general formula (III) may be used in the form of self-emulsifying concentrates containing the active substances dissolved in the emulsifying agents or in solvents containing emulsifying agents compatible with the active substances, the simple addition of water to such concentrates producing compositions ready for use.
• Liquid concentrates in which the diluent or carrier is an oil may be used without further dilution using the electrostatic spray technique.
• Herbicidal compositions according to the present invention may also contain, if desired, conventional adjuvants such as adhesives, protective colloids, thickeners, penetrating agents, stabilisers, sequestering agents, anti-­caking agents, colouring agents and corrosion inhibitors. These adjuvants may also serve as carriers or diluents.
• Preferred herbicidal compositions according to the present invention are: . aqueous suspension concentrates which comprise from 10 to 70% of one or more compounds of general formula (III), from 2 to 10% of surface-­active agent, from 0.1 to 5% of thickener and from 15 to 87.9% of water; .
• wettable powders which comprise from 10 to 90% of one or more compounds of general formula (III), from 2 to 10% of surface-active agent and from 8 to 88% of solid diluent or carrier; . soluble powders which comprise from 10 to 90% of one or more compounds of general formula (III), from 2 to 40% of sodium carbonate and from 0 to 88% of solid diluent; . liquid water soluble concentrates which comprise from 5 to 50%, e.g. 10 to 30%, of one or more compounds of general formula (III), from 5 to 25% of surface-active agent and from 25 to 90%, e.g. 45 to 85%, of water miscible solvent, e.g. dimethylformamide, or a mixture of water-miscible solvent and water; .
• liquid emulsifiable suspension concentrates which comprise from 10 to 70% of one or more compounds of general formula (III), from 5 to 15% of surface-active agent, from 0.1 to 5% of thickener and from 10 to 84.9% of organic solvent; . granules which comprise from 1 to 90%, e.g.
• Herbicidal compositions according to the present invention may also comprise the compounds of general formula (III) in association with, and preferably homogeneously dispersed in, one or more other pesticidally active compounds and, if desired, one or more compatible pesticidally acceptable diluents or carriers, surface-active agents and conventional adjuvants as hereinbefore described.
• herbicides for example to increase the range of weed species controlled, for example alachlor [2-chloro-2′,6′-diethyl-N-­(methoxymethyl)-acetanilide], asulam [methyl(4-aminobenzenesulphonyl)­carbamate], alloxydim Na [sodium salt of 2-(1-allyloxy-aminobutylidene)-5,5-­dimethyl-4-methoxycarbonylcyclohexane-1,3-dione], atrazine [2-chloro-4-­ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1,3,5-triazine], barban [4-chlorobut-2-ynyl N-(3-­chlorophenyl)carbamate], benzoylprop-ethyl [ethyl N-benzyl)carbamate], benzoylprop-ethyl [ethyl N-benzyl)carbamate], be
• carbaryl [naphth-1-yl N-methylcarbamate]; synthetic pyrethroids, e.g. permethrin and cypermethrin ; and fungicides, e.g. 2,6-dimethyl-4-tridecyl-morpholine, methyl N-(1-butyl-carbamoyl­benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate, 1,2-bis-(3-methoxycarbonyl-2-­thioureido)benzene, isopropyl 1-carbamoyl-3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)hydantoin and 1-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl- 1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-butan-2-one.
• synthetic pyrethroids e.g. permethrin and cypermethrin
• fungicides e.g. 2,6-dimethyl-4
• herbicidal compositions of the present invention are plant growth regulators, e.g.succinarnic acid, (2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride and 2-chloroethane-phosphonic acid; or fertilizers, e.g.containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and trace elements known to be essential to successful plant life, e.g. iron, magnesium, zinc, maganese, cobalt and copper.
• plant growth regulators e.g.succinarnic acid, (2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride and 2-chloroethane-phosphonic acid
• fertilizers e.g.containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and trace elements known to be essential to successful plant life, e.g. iron, magnesium, zinc, maganese, cobalt and copper.
• Pesticidally active compounds and other biologically active materials which may be included in, or used in conjunction with, the herbicidal compositions of the present invention, for example those herein before mentioned, and which are acids, may, if desired, be utilized in the form of conventional derivatives, for example alkali metal and amine salts and esters.
• an article of manufacture comprising at least one of the isoxazole derivatives of general formula (III) or, as is preferred, a herbicidal composition as hereinbefore described, and preferably a herbicidal concentrate which must be diluted before use, comprising at least one of the isoxazole derivatives of general formula (III) within a container for the aforesaid derivative or derivatives of general formula (III), or a said herbicidal composition, and instructions physically associated with the aforesaid container setting out the manner in which the aforesaid derivative or derivatives of general formula (III) or herbicidal composition contained therein is to be used to control the growth of weeds.
• the containers will normally be of the types conventionally used for the storage of chemical substances which are solid at normal ambient temperatures and herbicidal compositions particularly in the form of concentrates, for example cans and drums of metal, which may be internally-lacquered, and plastics materials, bottles of glass and plastics materials and, when the contents of the container is a solid, for example granular, herbicidal compositions, boxes, for example of cardboard, plastics materials and metal, or sacks.
• the containers will normally be of sufficient capacity to contain amounts of the isoxazole derivative or herbicidal compositions sufficient to treat at least one acre of ground to control the growth of weeds therein but will not exceed a size which is convenient for conventional methods of handling.
• the instructions will be physically associated with the container, for example by being printed directly thereon or on a label or tag affixed thereto.
• the directions will normally indicate that the contents of the container, after dilution if necessary, are to be applied to control the growth of weeds at rates of application between 0.01 kg and 20 kg of active material per hectare in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
• the following Examples illustrate herbicidal compositions according to the present invention:
• a wettable powder was formed from:- active ingredient (compound 1) 50%w/w Ethylan BCP (a nonylphenol/ethylene oxide condensate containing 9 moles of ethylene oxide per mol of phenol) 5%w/w Aerosil (silicon dioxide of microfine particle size) 5%w/w Celite PF (synthetic magnesium silicate carrier) 40%w/w by absorbing the Ethylan BCP onto the Aerosil, mixing with the other ingredients and grinding the mixture in a hammer-mill to give a wettable powder. Similar wettable powders may be prepared as described above by replacing the isoxazole (compound 1) by other compounds of general formula (III).
• aqueous suspension concentrate was formed from: active ingredient (compound 1) 50%w/v Ethylan BCP 1.0%w/v Sopropon T36 (sodium salt of polycarboxylic acid) 0.2%w/v Ethylene glycol 5%w/v Rhodigel 23 (polysaccharide xanthan gum thickener) 0.15%w/v distilled water to 100% by volume by intimately mixing the ingredients and grinding in a ball-mill for 24 hours.
• active ingredient 50%w/v Ethylan BCP 1.0%w/v Sopropon T36 (sodium salt of polycarboxylic acid) 0.2%w/v Ethylene glycol 5%w/v Rhodigel 23 (polysaccharide xanthan gum thickener) 0.15%w/v distilled water to 100% by volume by intimately mixing the ingredients and grinding in a ball-mill for 24 hours.
• Similar aqueous concentrates may be prepared as described above by replacing the isoxazole (compound 1) by other compounds
• test compounds were dissolved in acetone to give solutions equivalent to application rates of 1000 g, 2000 g or 4000 g of test compound per hectare(g/ha). These solutions were applied from a standard laboratory herbicide sprayer using flat fan jet travelling at 2.9 km/h, and delivering the equivalent of 540 litres of spray fluid per hectare.
• Weed seeds were sown on the surface of John Innes No. 1 potting compost (7 parts by volume of sterilised loam, 3 parts by volume of peat and 2 parts by volume of fine grit) in 70 mm square, 75 mm deep plastic pots.
• the quantities of seed per pot were as follows:- Weed species Approximate number seeds/pot 1) Broad-leafed weeds.
• the number of plants per pot, and the growth of the plant at spraying were as follows:- Weed Species Number of plants per pot Growth stages at spraying 1) Broad-leafed weeds Abutilon theophrasti 3 1-2 leaves Sinapis arvensis 4 2 leaves Chenopodium album 4 2-4 leaves Ipomea purpurea 3 1-2 leaves 2) Grass weeds Avena fatua 15 1-2 leaves Echinochloa crus-galli 4 2-3 leaves 3) Sedges Cyperus esculentus 3 3 leaves The test compounds were applied to the plants as described in (a) above. A single pot of each weed species was allocated to each treatment, with unsprayed controls and controls sprayed with acetone alone.
• the pots were watered overhead, commencing 24 hours after spraying. Visual assessment of the control of the growth of the weeds was made 17-20 days after spraying. The results were expressed as the percentage reduction in growth or kill of the weeds, in comparison with the plants in the control pots.

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